You can never knock it until you try it. I'm taking a look at the release now. I've always shared a distaste for it, but I've found myself moving more to software development. So maybe it's time I updated my OS as well.

I'd argue that the last truly revolutionary version of Windows was Windows 95. In the subsequent 17 years, we've seen a stream of mostly minor and often inconsequential design changes in Windows – at its core, you've got the same old stuff: a start menu, a desktop with icons, taskbar at the bot...